Kanye won’t let Twitter be great: an open letter

Dear Kanye,

Hey bro. How’s it goin?

It was very cool to see this story about your performance at the Facebook offices. I have to say I’ve been a fan of yours for a while, so it’s very cool to see social media music colliding in such a great way. Even after the emo madness that you unleashed on 808s and Heartbreak, I’m proud to say that I can’t wait to see what you do on Good Ass Job.

But that’s not why I’m writing you this letter. I’m writing you this letter because of you recent shenanigans on Twitter.

and my personal favorite because it’s only stating the obvious:

Taken by themselves these tweets aren’t so bad. But I’ve taken a look at your timeline, Yeezy, and I can’t say that I like what I saw. A whole stream of tweets and nary a retweet or @ reply to be seen. Shame on you, Kanye.

Twitter is about influence, it’s about connection, it’s about sharing information. One could argue that there’s some narcissism wrapped up in why people tweet, and I get that. But you take it to another level. Not only do you randomly follow just one person, but you don’t even interact with that one person you so haphazardly decided to follow!

Kanye, the problem is simple. You have an opportunity to really show us how influential both your image and your music can be, but unfortunately that opportunity is slipping away. Instead of interacting with your fans and giving us a glimpse into your world the way Big Boi or Chrisette Michele does, you give us tweets filled with verbal vomit about jogging in Lanvin or a new Rolex you just bought.

With all that said, I can’t say I’m necessarily surprised that you’re cuttin’ up the way you are on Twitter. I mean you are the guy who interrupted Taylor Swift at the VMA’s last year. But what do I know? I’m just a social media geek in California with high hopes for Twitter’s potential–potential that you’re currently sh*tting on.

3 responses to “Kanye won’t let Twitter be great: an open letter”

Elle, why oh why did you have to add that last line? I am laughing so hard at that alone. Kanye on twitter…as much as I want to follow him just to see the insanity play out, I can’t do it. I want twitter to be great and I can’t let him take that away from me. But hey, maybe people will finally see what leads to the actions of this man. Just think, instead of making an ass out of himself on award shows and hearing about his temper tantrums from second hand sources, his followers will be able to hear about the craziness first hand via twitter rants. I’m just waiting on someone to do a case study on him.

Why do you care what he’s doing with HIS twitter account…If it bothers you so much, stop following him and did you ever stop to consider that this is what goes on in his world and he is giving us a real glimpse into his life…In is world, it is ALL ABOUT HIM…